A drunk trainee teacher caught driving in her pyjamas sparked a major incident – by pretending she was in a car crash with ten people. Hannah Sneade tried to get off a drink-driving charge by telling a 999 operator she was in a taxi with friends when it crashed on a country road. Four ambulances, […]

Michael Lumb defended England’s bowlers after a poor display in the field saw them lose their second Twenty20 warm-up match against a New Zealand XI in Whangarei. England had comfortably beaten the same opposition at the same venue the previous day but this time the hosts won a thrilling contest with the final ball as […]

A rusting old ship has been given the new coat of paint it so desperately needed – by a group of talented urban street artists. The Duke of Lancaster became a blank canvas for Banksy-style graffiti images. And the former cruise ship has now been transformed from a forgotten wreck into one of Britain’s biggest […]

Meaty rugby star Matt Stevens proved he was more than just a pretty face after winning the Pie & Mighty Challenge in London today. The former England prop joined his Saracens team-mates Rhys Gill, Jamie George and the almost appropriately named Jacques Burger to launch the London Pie Eating Championships at Tower Bridge. Matt took […]

Ashley Cole receives his 100th cap for England tonight and the tributes have been pouring in for the Chelsea left-back. He is not everyone’s cup of tea, and may never win over the majority of fans, but a host of players, past and present, as well as a former manager are in no doubt he […]

The Baltimore Ravens Super Bowl victory over the San Francisco 49ers last weekend proved to be a little costly for one of the city’s furniture stores. Gardiners Furniture of Baltimore had a promotion running which said that any customers who purchased something from the store over the weekend could have it for free if a […]

Shamed West Brom defender Goran Popov has claimed the spitting incident which resulted in him being sent off last Sunday has caused him sleepless nights. The on-loan Dynamo Kiev left-back was shown red at the Hawthorns for aiming a spit at Tottenham’s Kyle Walker after the pair had squared up. The 10-man Baggies went on […]

Swimming superstar Michael Phelps has revealed watching his hometown Baltimore Ravens win Super Bowl XLVII was more emotional than becoming the greatest Olympian of all-time in London in the Summer. Phelps joined his long-term pals Ray Lewis and Ed Reed in the Ravens locker room after their 34-31 victory over the San Francisco 49ers in […]

England’s players downed games-consoles, smart phones and headphones this morning to enjoy a short stroll around central London ahead of tonight’s friendly with Brazil at Wembley. Roy Hodgson’s squad emerged from their hotel at 11.30am to walk around the Mayfair area for approximately 15 minutes. Wearing regulation tracksuits, trainers and puffer jackets, the players wandered […]

David Beckham has revealed how his three boys cornered him into having the ‘chat’. The newly anointed Paris St Germain player-cum-undies model revealed the awkward father-to-sons chat when he took over H&M’s Twitter feed for a Q &A. Asked what the funniest question his kids have ever asked him that he didn’t know how to […]